Oh the irony, indeed. I think this is suposed to be a bilingual cake with the word graduation being in spanish - graduacion (with an accent mark on the o). Except its mispelled! Wrong in so many levels. Sigh!

I swear to Go d that I try everyday to get my pastry business going, try to scrape together money to take classes to learn new techniques and improve my skills. I also worked hard in public school, High School, College and University.learning to read, write and form cohesive sentences. I have never spelled even the strangest word or name incorrectly on a cake! When will people stop shopping at the Big Box stores, supporting corporate America that in turn supports illiteracy, poor work habits and unskilled labour while at the same time elbowing out the little guys who have the skills and who CARE! Really people! REALLY!! On the flip side, no illiterate cake decorators, no Cake Wrecks...sigh.

Seriously, do people pay for these wrecks? If I showed up and the cake that I had ordered looked like that, I'd either demand a new one, or insist that the fee be refunded since I had to make do with such an abomination. I'd like to think that I'd laugh and shrug it off--and I might, but not if I had to pay full price (or any price) for a cake that was misspelled, mis-spaced, and just an all around "miss."

This is obviously a variation on the Jewish practice of not writing (or eating) God's name. Frequently, some Jews will use another letter in place of the "o", for example, G!d or G-d. I would have to consult with the Rabbis, but I think leaving a space would also work. I can't explain the spelling on graduation. Hope I don't start another Epcot:-)

To Anonymous @ 11:38,I have know many Jews in my time (and have even eaten many delicious Jewish cakes,) and I have never refused to write or eat the word god. In fact, where I live, we are famous for god-cookies, god-tarts and, of course, our famous god-cupcakes. I'm sure that you will agree that I know everything there is to know about god related confections.I glad to have been of assistance.

After clicking (why do I DO that?), it looks like the entire last line is a second attempt; note the scrape lines that go all the way across.

Someone graduated (maybe s/he supplied the cake and it really is supposed to say 'my'), the wreckerator failed and so balance was achieved. Normal reality has been restored, without the sudden appearance of a bowl of petunias and without any whales having to die.

I'm really hoping this was a home-made cake! I'm in agreement, maybe it was a bilingual cake or they meant to send good blessings and thoughts their way? Probably not, but for the person's sake, let's give them the benefit of the doubt.Ava

Really? Is this really from a bakery or did someone buy a blank cake and then write on it? I never fail to be amazed at how awful the wording is (spelling, spacing and writing). I have never written on a cake but I am pretty sure I could do better than that!

Really? Is this really from a bakery or did someone buy a blank cake and then write on it? Honestly, I find it really hard to believe that a bakery (even in a big box store) could do something that horrendous.I never fail to be amazed at how awful the wording is (spelling, spacing and writing). I have never written on a cake but I am pretty sure I could do better than that!

Good for her. I think she deserves a lot of credit for graduaccating from the "Falker Satherhood School of Spelling and Penmanship." (She graduaccated "sumo coom louder" -- not that she's bragging...) Ulations my.

Bakeries should really have a master list of commonly misspelled words. It won't make all wrecks go away (and we wouldn't want that, or we wouldn't have Cake Wrecks to amuse us), but it might help a few unfortunate souls out there.

Let me share something with you...I am about to finish my JD, and I'm telling you that 75% of my classmates wouldn't be able to tell you that anything was misspelled on that cake! From the people who bake your cakes, to the people who draft legislation for the United States Congress...nothing is safe!

Okay, I looked again and actually clicked on the photo, and what I first thought were sprinkles is actually white curling ribbon...so much for my theory that the "Go d bless you" was a "geshundheit"... :-)

That cake looks like it went through the wringer. A new way to not spell graduation I see lol. Sheesh. I say the wreckerator should have to write that word repeatedly for at least one thousand times..until they get it right :).

My grandparents were having their 60th anniversary so I went in to a local bakery to get them a cake; as I was describing what I wanted the lady asked me to spell anniversary for her as she had no idea how to spell it herself...

Needless to say, I went to another bakery! I am very puzzled as to how this lady got her job.

There's so much going on here- first is the incorrect Spanish spelling of graduation, then there's the Go d that was once good w/ an "o" removed. Not to mention the spacing of the entire phrase. I don't know what's funnier, the Spanglish or Go d!!!

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